BrendaP's Entry Dolphin print fleece hoodie jacket
Pattern used New Look 6142. Chosen partly because it has few construction seams to interfere with the printed design and partly because I already had it. A unisex pattern which needed a bit of tweeking to get the shoulders to fit.
A short description on how you made it/problems overcome/etc.I cut the pieces one at a time to get the best placement of the dolphins and omitted the pockets because there wasn't enough fabric to pattern match and it would have looked dreadful if not matched.
I ummed and ahhed as to the best way to cut the hood, and decided to have it 'upside-down' so that it was light-to-light at the neck seam.
Construction was done on the overlocker - a doddle to do.
. Raw edges were neatened with the overlocker and then topstitched using a regular straight stitch. It needed several changes of colour; cream for the hood, black for the sleeves and bottom and both for the zip.
I bought something called anorak cord for the drawstring but it's quite flimsy and I might change it for something a bit more substantial. The pattern didn't say to use a cord in the lower hem s I didn't, but if I do change the cord in the hood I will buy enough to do both as it feels a little 'unfinished' without the lower cord.
I've been wearing it most of the afternoon - we went for a pub Sunday lunch - and I felt comfortable wearing it.
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